Ashtavakra Gita 15.16Chapter 15, Verse 16
Ashtavakra Gita 15.16 is a verse from chapter 15 (What you are). The sage Ashtavakra speaks it to King Janaka. In plain English it says: "Through your own not knowing, the world exists. In truth you alone are. There is no one apart from you, bound to the world or free of it."
तवैवाज्ञानतो विश्वं त्वमेकः परमार्थतः ।त्वत्तोऽन्यो नास्ति संसारी नासंसारी च कश्चन ॥
tavaivājñānato viśvaṃ tvamekaḥ paramārthataḥ |tvatto'nyo nāsti saṃsārī nāsaṃsārī ca kaścana ||
Through your own not knowing, the world exists. In truth you alone are. There is no one apart from you, bound to the world or free of it.
Ashtavakra, to King Janaka
Word meanings and a note for this verse are still being written. Read it in context on the chapter 15 page, or start with the verses in where to begin.
Chapter 15, What you are: Ashtavakra's second long teaching: you are awareness, the world is waves on your ocean, so move about at ease.
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